Oasis has a couple of good songs but my overall impression is that they were a bit overrated back in the 90’s. Wasn’t it they themselves who claimed they were the second coming of the Beatles or was that the music news media creating the hype?
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I cannot rule out that they said something like that a few times, but mostly it was the media.
Edit: As for the songs: they have some real gems. IMO some of their B sides or demos are better than most bands’ actual hits. I don’t have all that many albums from any band that I listen front to back without skipping songs, but I do that with almost all Oasis albums, I rarely skip any songs.
@Harry_Bumcrack Argh, Blur! :
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No offense to anyone but I’m with you on this.
One of the few songs I can say I appreciate of Oasis is “■■■■■■■ in the bushes”
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If you like that one, try searching for “Headshrinker” or “Bring It On Down”, you might like those as well.
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Think I saw them at Wembley stadium just before it was knocked down and rebuilt bet I even have the ticket somewhere.
Probably had every single Album on CD from the 90s. Never been a fan of old bands getting back together though - it can never be the same.
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I see Noel is going with the “What if Peter Gabriel still had hair?” look while Liam is going to try out for American Psycho 2: Still a British Guy and The Dark Knight Bakes at 350F for an Hour.
I still can’t believe they did a cover of I am the Walrus.
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Only mentioned because of their (in)famous rivalry and it was sure to wind up the Oasis fans 
When it comes to Damon Albarn I prefer Gorillaz to Blur.
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Ah yes, just like the Duran Duran vs. Spandau Ballet rivalry!
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This…I just don’t know man… Chester was iconic. She sounds OK. I closed my eyes and listened. I don’t know. And then there is the whole weirdness of some of her history…
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Lightning hardly ever strikes twice but I wish the band the best of luck.
Yeah, I’m still also very, very much on the fence with this for a lot of the same reasons.
Make that three of us.
Edit: Only just realised that this isn’t a cover 
. I think I need to hear more, a bit like it took me a while to warm to Queen without Freddy Mercury.
Killer remake of The Verve’s classic
Mick and Keith want a word.
Certain bands for me just stopped existing when one or two major members left either because they quit or they died. Queen, Journey and Styx come foremost to my mind.
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I hate people so much sometimes.
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It wasn’t Chester’s son’s band. His opinion holds no more weight than any of the other 8 billion people who haven’t been in LP.
Now if Chester had left/been fired from LP and she replaced him, in a Sammy Hagar/David Lee Roth situation, would we all say he should have say over it either?
On top of that, claiming that getting a new singer is “erasing legacy” is just downright stupid. All the stuff with Chester will exist forever. Unless he has some fear that his dad will be forgotten and the new singer will have some massive career to the point that everyone treats Chester-era LP like Syd Barret-era Pink Floyd, it was a stupid thing to say. And that will NEVER happen. Maybe if Chester had died in 2005? MAYBE.
As for her lending support to a friend whom she was unaware had committed a crime, yeah, that’s what friends do. Until you are given evidence they’re scum, you back them if you never had reason to question it. Seems more like people looking for an excuse to hate her beyond “I dont want to see the band continue without Chester.”
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Exactly. But it is an opinion he is entitled to, just like the other 8 billion people who haven’t been in Linkin Park.
He shouldn’t be subjected to the hate and threats just for having it.
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There is a difference between having an opinion and feeling like you have the right to blast it far and wide without consequence.
If he didn’t know that the band’s fans would attack him for that take (and frankly, anyone who is negative about a popular artist will receive that same hate from their fans), then he is truly stupid. He could have expressed that opinion to his family, the people he works with, or the ones at the stores he shops at and nothing would’ve happened. He could have waited for someone in the press to come ask him what he thought and simply said “I don’t care for her and it personally hurts me because I feel like it’s erasing my dad’s legacy.”
Instead, he decided to use his platform as the son to try and influence other people’s opinions by accusing the band of being duplicitous and callous.
To say he can blast the band for their choice, but people can’t blast him for his is nonsensical.
Of course death threats or others that make you concerned for your safety should be out of bounds, but this is the 21st century. If you publicly post an opinion, at least some of those who disagree with you will threaten you for not agreeing with them. And apparently, Shinoda has himself blocked him because of the strident nature of their disagreement. So since he lost his privileged access, he felt he should try to hurt Linkin Park’s odds of success of a comeback with a public rant that, as he hoped, was picked up and amplified by the music press. The TLDR of what he posted was “you didn’t listen to me, I’m Chester’s son, so I hope your fans abandon you and you hurt!”
So he is either stupid, or entitled, to think he can attack but people shouldn’t be able to attack him back. Of course they would.
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